Ada… Lovelace, the first computer scientist (She was born an Augusta)Josephine… Clara Goldmark, an advocate for child labor laws and the EmpressJosephineMatilda… so many! The character, Matilda of England (and the first queen of England was Matilda) and MatildaGage, 19th Century feminist and freethinker are the first that come to mind Madeleine… Albright, the first female Secretary of State in the USVictoria… Woodhull, the first woman to run for president in the US (nearly 30 years before women had the right to vote)Eleanor… Roosevelt and Eleanor of AquitaineLyra… Bellacqua, the heroine of the His Dark Materials seriesNellie- Bly, who founded investigative reporting, and had herself committed to a mental institution in the 19th century to do it, then sailed around the world. (She was born an Elizabeth)

Obviously I've thought about this a lot… I definitely want to give my daughter a strong role model somewhere in her name. So I love this thread!